Lakewood Game Report, July 16 Game 2

Will Stewart started and was able to limit the damage but was hit pretty hard. He gave up 8 hits and a walk in 5 innings. He sat at 92-94 topping out at 96 (stadium gun). Off-speed pitches were in the 84-86 range. Here is the batter by batter log:

5-3 Chopper/Single right inside the third base bag (wide open area due to the shift put on the lefty batter)/Flyout to CF/Hard Ground Single past Nieporte at 1B/Lined RBI single into RF/4-3 Chopper

Hard Single to CF/4-3 groundout- close to 1B so runner moved to 2nd/4-3 groundout- nice sliding play by Brito/6-3- nice play by Antequera, charged behind the mound and threw on the run

Infield single- Nieporte dove and didn’t come up with the ball which was a mistake because due to the shift the ball went right to Brito who threw to Stewart covering first, but the runner beat it. Had Nieporte let the ball go, it was an easy out/Hard ground single up the middle/ 5-4 FC/ Two swinging K’s- Nice work by Stewart to pitch out of the jam.

Routine 6-3/Swinging bunt single that the catcher (Fitch) airmailed into RF (good back-up by Ortiz kept runner at 1st)/6-3 ground double play (stepped on 2nd, threw to 1st)

Luis Cedeno came in and got blown up for 5 runs over 1 1/3. He did hit 97 on the gun. Ismael Cabrera came on in the 7th and retired the only 2 batters he faced to finish the game.

HITTING:

It was night and day (ironic since game 2 started at 7 after game 1 started at 5) on offense. The Claws put up 11 hits and scored 12 runs. It was the Daniel Brito show who led off and went 4-4 with 3 singles each followed by a steal of 2nd and a double.

Brito: 4-4, Infield single (2nd baseman made a diving stop but threw wide), stole second/Served a single into LF, stole second, Bloop Single over the second baseman’s head, stole second/Lined RBI Double to RC

Vierling: Was excited to see him for the first time, but he did not have a good game, 2 K’s, popout, easy 6-3 groundout

Oriz: Great game! 2-4, Reached on an error by 3B /2-Run Homer- bounced off the top of the metal fence above the LC wall and caromed into the berm/Flyout to CF/Drilled a Double over the LF head that one-hopped the wall

Nieporte: 1-3, 2 run double into RC/Swinging K/Walk/6-3 (Deep in the hole- called out on a bang bang play at 1st)

Stephen: 1-3, Worked a walk from a 1-2 count/Ripped a liner into RC that was caught by CF/Unassisted RBI Groundout to 1B after stepping on the bag, he threw home late and a run scored/Ripped an RBI double down the RF line

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Was Going to Do a Report on today’s Claws game also but had to leave when the thunder was so loud it shook the stadium in the 7th inning and we had a 3+ hour drive back to NY. Here’s the Cliff Notes:

It was a bullpen game. Julian Garcia went the first 4 innings and after the first batter singled, he was erased on a caught stealing. Garcia then retired the next 11 straight, striking out 6. He sat in the low 90’s topping out at 93. On the low end, he had some in the high 70’s but threw as low as 69 on one pitch. Hennigan/Brogdon/Carrasco finished up with only Brogdon coming out uncathed.

Hitting Stars were:

Muzziotti: 3-5 with 2 singles (stole 2nd both times) and a double. He showed very good bat control

Nieporte: Hit a 2 run bomb to dead center

Ortiz: 2-3 with a hard double down LF line and a single. For some reason, Columbia had their LF off the line all 3 games i saw vs Jhailyn and he made them pay by pulling balls down the line on a couple of occasions.

Fitch: 2-3 and threw out a runner trying to steal. In his first AB he worked the count to 3-2 after starting in an 0-2 hole and then singled up the middle.